Drapery mounting



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Patented July 12, 1938 UNITED sTTEs PATENT oFFlcE DRAPERY MOUNTING Goldie Rosenberg, Brook1yn, N. Y.

Application July 16, 1935, Serial No. 31,571

8 Claims.

This invention relates to means for, and the method of, mounting drapery and decorative fabrics, generally.

The principal object of this invention is to provide means of support on a drapery, which filler or being extended or stretched thereover.

According to the nature or permanency of the arrangement of a drapery, various materials may be used for the fillers. A padding, hose or a coiled spring offer flexibility and yieldability for the purpose of an inexpensive, curved arrangement. Structural members such as solid or as- `sembled lumber or profiles of metal or plastics come into question for more permanent installations. A very convenient structural memberis tubing of transparent material, compositionsfor metals, or for instance sheetV material which is extended spirally or along central seams.

This invention is readily adaptable to styles or periods. As a matter of fact it offers a more flexible and independent means to the ingenious interior decorator, since he may readily depart from the conventional supporting means of the from an aesthetic, as well as apractical, point of view, a great number of other objects may be attained, which are more readily understood from the following description. scription has reference to the exemplary showings of the drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the elevation of a drapery disposed as a Roman arch, the lower, freely falling ends of the drapery being sectioned away.

Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of the drapery taken along a line pointed out in Fig. 1 by arrows and the numerals 2.

Fig. 3 shows the symmetrical half of the elevation of another drapery arranged in a more bold modern style.

Fig. 4 shows a corresponding top View.

Fig. 5 shows in a plan view a spread to which my improvements have been applied.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show various modifications oi my invention in end views.

Fig. 9 shows a detail View of a developed sec- The said detion of the drapery used in the modification of` Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the various views.

In the arrangements of Figs. 1 and 2, wooden fillers are exemplarily used. The wooden fillers II, I2, I3 and I 4 are arranged in parellism and in concentricity at their straight and curvedv portions, respectively. The drapery I5 encircles each one of these lumber rods, the pleats of the drapery iilled by the rods'being exemplarily dis-- posed Ain abutment.

One end I6 of the drapery I5 freely depends from one end of the rods; whereas the other end Il of the drapery, to the left, is gathered in by a tie-back I8. Supplementary decorative means such as trimmings in the form of cord I9 or rutile 25.3, may be applied according to the fancy of the decorator.

It will be understood that a crowding of the drapery will occur on the innermost rod I4, as compared for instance with the outermost rod il, unless diierent lengths of stripsrof drapery are provided for in the instance of each stuffed pleat or roll. Under such circumstances I may cut the drapery into strips as a Whole or in part. Thus I may resort to the following arrangement in the particular instance of the modification of Fig. 1. The end I 6 of the drapery I 5 is a solid piece. But extensions 2l thereof, which are wrapped and sewed individually around the rods II, I2, I3 and I4, are separated from each other, beginning at 68, by slits 22. slit-apart strips or extensions 2! extend from the left ends of rods II, I2, I3 and Ill, they may be sewed together at their slit edges; and at a convenient point, for instance underneath the tie-back I8 a solid section 23 of drapery material, of the width of the reassembled strips 2I or the other end I6 of the drapery, may be pieced to the ends of said strips 2l at a convenient point,

for instance underneath the tieback I8; the rods I'I, I2', I3 and I4 may be suitably mounted either upon a window sash or upon a wall or upon a suitable backing 24.

In the arrangement of Figs. 3 and 4, thek drapery is applied, for economic reasons or for the purpose of variegation, in separate sections and 26, for the valance and the sides, respectively. As iillers I show round tubing 21, in this instance, and it lls the pleats, e. g., 28, which are formed by seams 59 running down along the whole length of the material of the drapery in the back thereof. Y

The lower ends of the fillers 21 may be attenu- Where theated, tapered or contracted, so that the lower ends 29 of the drapery close thereover in an orderly fashion at the ends of the llers. Fig. 5 shows the principle of my invention applied to a spread. The covering material of the spread exemplarily comprises, in the showing of Fig. 5, three sections; section 3| is sewed onto section 32 along a seam 33. In section 32 are formed the pleats 34, which are partly stuffed, at their upper (lower in the drawing) ends by llers 39. The llers in this instance would of course be made of a soft material like cord or cotton padding.

The upper ends 35 of the said stuffed pleats varesuperimposed and sewed onto piece 3| of the fabric of the spread, and the lower ends 36 of the pleats depend loosely, gravitationally from the stuied upper part thereof. A third piece of material 31 used in making the spread ofA Fig. 5, consists of stuied pleats only, said pleats being independent of each other, if they correspond to the arrangement of Fig. 2, or being interconnected if they are 'arranged in accordance with Fig. 4. This pleated piece 31 with its stuffed pleats may be sewed at its upper (left on the drawing) end Y onto the right end 38 of piece 3|. 4

Where a drapery is loose in the manner of a spread, the stuffed pleats may be sewed or tacked on as the occasion may seem t. When the iiller is made of-wood, in the manner of Fig. 2, it may readily be nailed onto a backing. The llers may beA suspended in the pleats and the pleated stuffed material may be mounted on a backing, as it suggests itself with the drapery arranged in the manner of claims 3 and 4.

Cementing might be used, as I had it in mind for the purpose of mounting the triangular tubular fillers 4|, by way of the folded back strips of drapery 42, onto the backing 43. In Figs. 7

and 8 I indicate bolts and nuts 44 or screws 45 for the same purpose. I Y

, Tubular fillers may of course assume any preferred cross-section and may be extended lstraight or in waves, e. g., entwined. Should the effect of hexagon llers be desired, the hexagon effect from the front may also be attained by using semi-hexagonal tubing 46; and in Fig. '7, the drapery material 41 is clamped by means of bolts 44 onto a backing 48, the head of the bolt being accommodated upon the inside of the semihexagonal tube.

Other polygonal or oblong cross-sections may be resorted toythe lled pleats may also be predeterminedly spaced apart as indicated in Fig. 8. Of course the cross-sections of the iiller may be assembled. Y

Thus Fig. 8 shows flat metal strips 5| to be spaced apart by lugs 52 soldered therebetween. The material 54 of the drapery is retained in a position in which it is stretched over the gap 53 large number of other modifications of its construction and operation suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and may be applied under proper conditions. They fall within the general scopeof this invention, as outlined in the following claims.

l. In combination, a drapery formed into a series of pleats, a filler located in each pleat to support the same against collapse, and means for hanging the drapery.

. 2. In combination, a drapery formed into a series of tubular pleats, and a stiffening rod disposed in each tubular pleat to support the same against collapse.

3. In combination, a drapery formed into a series of closed tubular pleats, and a stiffening filler inserted in each tubular pleat and having a form corresponding to that of the drapery.

4. In combination, a drapery formed into a series of tubular pleats having their sides con-1 nected to each other, and a stiffening ller inserted in each tubular pleat.

5.Y In combination, a drapery having a series of decorative pleats and a ller inserted in each pleat to support the same against collapse.

6. In combination, a drapery constructed of fabric material and formed with a series of decorative pleats disposed in an are, and a stiffening ller inserted in each pleat.

'7. A drape of the class described, comprising a body portion, said body portion provided with a series of pleats, the contacting edges of said pleats being secured together to provide pockets, and means in said pockets to give a fixed design to said drapes.

8. In combination a drapery having a series of concentric pleats each formed of an independent strip of fabric and having a lling material therein and said pleats being attached together along their meeting edges.

GOLDIE ROSENBERG. 

